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Fulton Yard is a rail yard on CSX Transportation's Peninsula Subdivision in Richmond, Virginia. It was orignally owned by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, has 13 tracks, and is located along Virginia State Route 5 between the Fulton Bottom and Lower Rockets sections of Richmond.
CSS Richmond was the name ship of her class of six casemate ironclads built for the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Completed during 1862 the ship was assigned to the James River Squadron where she mostly supported Confederate forces near Richmond, Virginia. She was burned in April 1865 to prevent her capture by Union forces.
Berglund Center is a 10,500-seat multi-purpose arena located in the Williamson Road neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia. It was built in 1971 and is currently the home of the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs of the SPHL. The arena also hosts Virginia Tech, Radford University and Roanoke College men's ice hockey games, as well as regular concerts and other large indoor events. The arena is also the home of the annual boys basketball games between Roanoke's two city high schools, Patrick Henry High School and William Fleming High School.
Potomac Yard is a neighborhood in Northern Virginia that straddles southeastern Arlington County and northeastern Alexandria, Virginia, located principally in the area between U.S. Route 1 and the Washington Metro Blue Line /Yellow Line tracks, or the George Washington Memorial Parkway, depending on the definition usedF. The area was home to what was once one of the busiest rail yards on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. The "Potomac Yard" name is also used to refer to several developments in the area, especially the Potomac Yard Center power center and a Washington Metro station.
The Port of Richmond, also known as the Richmond Deepwater Terminal, is located on the James River in Richmond, Virginia, United States, 100 miles (160 km) inland from Cape Henry and approximately 78 miles (126 km) northwest of Newport News, Virginia. It is located at 77° 25' west latitude and 37° 27' north longitude and lies adjacent to Interstate 95. The port is the western terminus for commercial navigation on the James River and is 4 miles (6 km) south of downtown Richmond. The port was built in 1940.
Fulton Hill is a neighborhood located in the East End of Richmond, Virginia. The name is used for the area stretching from Gillies Creek to the Richmond city limits. The Greater Fulton Hill Civic Association includes Fulton Bottom, part of Montrose Heights and part of Rocketts. Fulton Hill is south of Church Hill and Shockoe Bottom, north of Varina, east of the James River, and west of Sandston. The zip code is 23231.
The Triple Crossing in Richmond, Virginia is one of two places in North America where three railroad lines cross at different levels at the same spot, the other being the BNSF operated Santa Fe Junction in Kansas City. Santa Fe Junction became a triple crossing after the Argentine Connection was completed in 2004.
White House is an unincorporated community in New Kent County, Virginia, United States, on the south shore of the Pamunkey River. White House Plantation, for which it is named, was the home in the 18th century of Martha Dandridge Custis, who as a widow, there courted her future husband, Colonel George Washington. They were married in 1759.
USS Island Belle was a large tugboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Although carrying relatively heavy weaponry, she was used for unassuming tasks, such as carrying dispatches and providing surveillance. When she ran aground in unfriendly waters, she was burned to prevent her falling into the hands of the Confederate forces.
William R. Trigg Company, also the Trigg Shipbuilding Company, was an inland shipyard in Richmond, Virginia. The shipyard produced torpedo boats and destroyers and the protected cruiser USS Galveston (CL-19) for the United States Navy. It was founded by William R. Trigg, who also owned the Richmond Locomotive Works in 1899. The yard went into receivership and ceased operations by 1903, the same year its founder died.
Ruther Glen is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia, located near the interchange between Interstate 95 and Virginia State Highway 207, at 37°56′19.6152″N77°28′17.2776″W. The ZIP Code for Ruther Glen is 22546.
The Wilson–Kautz Raid was a cavalry operation in south central Virginia in late June 1864, during the American Civil War. Occurring early in the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, the raid was conducted by Union cavalry under Brigadier Generals James H. Wilson and August Kautz, who were ordered to cut railroads between Lynchburg, Virginia, and the vital Confederate rail supply center at Petersburg. While the raid had the intended effect of disrupting Confederate rail communications for several weeks, the raiding force lost much of its artillery, all of its supply train, and almost a third of the original force, mostly to Confederate capture.
South Richmond is an area within the city of Richmond in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is on the south side of the James River, across from Richmond's downtown.
Upper Shockoe Valley is a neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia that straddles alongside Interstate 95. The name is given based on the Shockoe River Valley created within the boundaries of the neighborhood.
Creighton Court is a neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia's East End region. Creighton Court sits on the border between the City of Richmond and eastern Henrico County. The neighborhood is situated directly north of the Oakwood Cemetery and alongside the interchange of Virginia Route 33 and Interstate 64. North 29th Street and Creighton Road serve as the main arteries of the community. Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority redeveloped the housing into mixed-income units in 2022.
The Biotech and MCV District is the community that surrounds the MCV Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University in Downtown Richmond, Virginia.
Carillon is a neighborhood in the West End of Richmond that is situated in between Virginia State Routes 146 and 161. Adjacent to Maymont and Byrd Park, the middle-class neighborhood is home to the Dogwood Dell Amphitheater. Pump House Drive and Rugby Road are the arteries of the southern tier of the community, while Douglasdale Avenue and South Belmont Drive form the spin of the northern portions of Carillon.
Old Town Manchester is a neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia's Southside quadrant. The neighborhood is where downtown Manchester, Richmond, Virginia, United States, was situated before the city merged with Richmond. The area is heavily industrialized, but has gone through a series of gentrification for the last 10 years. Several lofts and art galleries have opened in the area.
Lockgreen is an upper-class gated community located in Richmond, Virginia's West End. The neighborhood lies within Wilton and is served by Lockgreen Circle. Lockgreen was built as an extension to Windsor Farms's Old Locke subdivision. The zip code for the subdivision is 23226.
The Central Office District is the central business district for Downtown Richmond, Virginia. The district contains a majority of the city core, with several high rises situated in this region of the city. The District houses the headquarters of the Fifth District of the Federal Reserve, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. It also is home to Dominion Virginia Power's corporate headquarters, Kanawha Plaza and the Virginia Tourism Corporation. U.S. Route 60 is the main street through the district.
Brookfield Plantation was an about 2,000 acre plantation in Henrico County, Virginia in the late 18th and 19th-centuries. It was first owned by the Prosser family and it is where Gabriel Prosser planned Gabriel's Rebellion of 1800. It is one of several lost historical buildings of the county, and it is near Bon Air, Virginia and Bryan Park in Richmond, Virginia.
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